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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Lamiales — theacanthuses and related plants, with a wide range and having flowers with two or fourstamens .
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Examples
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The shrub layer is dominated by Dracaena fragrans and various woody herbs of the family Acanthaceae.
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The most common constituents of the herbaceous layer are species of the family Acanthaceae, and of the genera Impatiens, Begonia, Streptocarpus, Plectranthus and Peperomia.
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The shrub layer in these forests includes Verbenaceae, Rubiaceae, and Euphorbiaceae, and the herbs include Acanthaceae, Tacca palmata, the root parasite Balanophora fungosa, and ground orchids such as Corymborkis.
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Scutia myrtina, Azima tetracantha, and Grewia occidentalis are all found here and undergrowth species include various Acanthaceae spp.,
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The family Acanthaceae is well represented in the sub-canopy and forest margin as well as Oplismenus hirtellus and Centella asiatica.
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The shrub layer is dominated by Rubiaceae and Acanthaceae.
Eastern Arc forests 2007
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The dry forest has trees that reach 20 meters (m) high, abundant bromeliads, mosses and epiphytes, while the undercanopy has many species of thorny shrubs and cactus and the understory is dominated by small herbaceae mainly from the Acanthaceae and Polypodiopsidae families.
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Observed Sabia in some of the jungles; the only interesting plants gathered were an Impatiens and two or three Acanthaceae.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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I noticed likewise Kanee, or Opium, and Urtica nivea, which they use for nets; Acanthaceae, Indigofera, and Peach trees.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Andropogoneous grasses occur high up; even at the summit Acanthaceae occur, scarcely any change in the terrestrial ferns, among which Adiantum is found in profusion along the road, little change in Mosses, a
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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